He looked so sheepish I just had to
ask what it was.
"I've written a book," said Andrew, and he showed me the title page--
PARADISE REGAINED
BY
ANDREW McGILL
Even then I wasn't much worried, because of course I knew no
one would print it. But Lord! a month or so later came a
letter from a publisher--accepting it! That's the letter
Andrew keeps framed above his desk. Just to show how such
things sound I'll copy it here:
DECAMERON, JONES AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK
January 13, 1907.
DEAR MR. McGILL:
We have read with singular pleasure your manuscript "Paradise
Regained." There is no doubt in our minds that so spirited an
account of the joys of sane country living should meet with
popular approval, and, with the exception of a few revisions
and abbreviations, we would be glad to publish the book
practically as it stands. We would like to have it
illustrated by Mr. Tortoni, some of whose work you may have
seen, and would be glad to know whether he may call upon you
in order to acquaint himself with the local colour of your
neighbourhood.
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